Nets' Pierce leaves game with sore shoulder

Summary of 2 articles · Updated Mar 9, 2014

Brooklyn Nets forward Paul Pierce was forced to leave Sunday night's game against the Sacramento Kings due to a sore right shoulder, and the team later announced he would not return. "It's been a problem for me throughout the last few years," Pierce said … (more)Friday night. Pierce has been dealing with what he called a "stinger" in his right shoulder, which forced him to come out briefly the last two games. "It's weak right now, so whenever I get hit in that shoulder ... just with the constant years of banging, especially now that I'm playing the 4. So it's a quick stinger."